. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. Rear Lawn, Pinkstone:Residence of John T. Terry, Tarrytown, N. Y. In another view of these prettygrounds may be seen a group ofNorway Spruce, which gives the oppor-tunity to note how beautifully this tree isadapted to massing in landscape garden-ing. Some of the best effects are to be ob-tained by grouping; yet this also seems unknown tomany who have otherwise good taste in arrange-ment. We have in mind a very beautiful place ofsjnany acres in extent, where every tree out of thethousands planted stands by itself. On an emi-nence they look like a sca
. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. Rear Lawn, Pinkstone:Residence of John T. Terry, Tarrytown, N. Y. In another view of these prettygrounds may be seen a group ofNorway Spruce, which gives the oppor-tunity to note how beautifully this tree isadapted to massing in landscape garden-ing. Some of the best effects are to be ob-tained by grouping; yet this also seems unknown tomany who have otherwise good taste in arrange-ment. We have in mind a very beautiful place ofsjnany acres in extent, where every tree out of thethousands planted stands by itself. On an emi-nence they look like a scattered flock of dark is on that place a good deal of belting ar-ranged. When the trees grow up, there will be•woods and open spaces for the sheets of distinction between the woods and the grass•will be very well outlined; but the effect wouldhave been beautifully increased if there had beensome groups of trees on the open, grassy places—groups such as this one of Norway Spruces indi-cates. These groups of Norway
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